# Donald Barthelme

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A Meal of Thorns 35 – 60 Stories with Timothy Moore

Barthelme’s surreal, post-modern writing was massively influential for the short story market and for evolving conceptions of literary realism and irrealism, but he’s not often discussed in speculative circles. Author & teacher Timothy Moore is on to help rectify that: we dig into some of our favo…

Advantagement - A Short Story

A short story by language philosopher Bry Willis' alter ego, Ridley Park, hence two links. It's an absurdist satire about many aspects of Modernity in the manner of Donald Barthelme and others. Listen here, or read more… Story here: https://ridleypark.blog/2026/02/15/advantagement/?utm_source=spo…

Crop Rotation - 002 - Barthelme - Selected Stories

Selected stories by Donald Barthelme: A Shower of Gold, The President, The School.

Camille Bordas on making difficult topics funny and crafting sharp dialogue

Camille Bordas is one heck of an exciting literary talent, and she’s joining me on the Rippling Pages to discuss her story collection, ONE SUN ONLY (Serpent’s Tail). What I loved about these stories is their wonderfully dry humour, empathetic narratives of flawed characters, and deeply woven obser…

On winning a short story prize (with William Weightman)

In this episode, I chat with William Weightman about his short story “Green Green Grass”, which won first place in this year’s Bristol Short Story Prize. Listen as William talks about how the story came about, what matters to him when writing short fiction, and how he balances his writing with a fu…

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3112: Creative Editor

Episode: 3112 Donald Barthelme: Creative Editor.  Today, a sheriff of an editor.

11: DC S06.E11: Day Out Of Days

We’re following the teens of Dawson’s Creek through each day of a particularly eventful week. Joey, back at school after the holidays, is leaving dozens of messages for Eddie that are going unreturned, and she’s not the only one looking for him: Harley’s back, too. Jen has finally been worn down on…

Breakfast at TIF-fany's (Chicago Public Schools)

Or: SCHRÖDINGER'S BUDGET Chicago Public Schools, TIFs, Tyler Tech, and the politics of assumptions. In this episode: mayoral control and the 2013 school closures, the MEABF pension shift Lightfoot pushed onto CPS, the 2024 mass board resignation, the Tyler Technologies fiasco holding up $1.2–1.5 bi…